# United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books IDEF SA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books IDEF SA 2023=100 () was down 0.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 99.00 (index (2023=100)).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.9% (Q1 2021) to 16.0% (Q3 2023), averaging 3.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-1.MEASURE-IDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index (2023=100)
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-1-newspapers-books-and-stationery-books-idef-sa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 99.00 | −0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 100.4 | 0.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 98.00 | −1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 100.1 | −0.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 99.80 | −1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 99.90 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 99.50 | 2.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 100.6 | 5.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 101.1 | 7.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 98.90 | 12.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 96.80 | 15.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 95.50 | 16.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 94.10 | 15.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 88.00 | 4.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 84.10 | 3.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 82.30 | 1.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 81.80 | 5.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 84.40 | 12.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 81.00 | 6.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 81.20 | 1.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 77.60 | 5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 75.00 | −8.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 76.00 | −4.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 79.90 | −1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-1.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5-1.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```